Your Future looks bright card (Sassy Studio Designs image)

Hi crafty friends,

I have been busting to colour and create with this gorgeous image for ages and she was as much fun as I expected. I thought she was perfect for the New Year theme with her fortune telling hehe. You can find this digi stamp at Sassy Studio Designs.

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout January, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional twist: matching envelope
A Gem of a Challenge - Something new - new papers

AllSorts - Cold and frosty colours 
Catch the Bug - Anything goes

The Corrosive Challenge -  Shiny and new - new papers

Creatalicious - New beginnings

Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes 

Glitter & Sparkle - Anything goes

Just Inspirational - New Year
Kit & Clowder - Anything goes

Lacy Sunshine - Sparkly and new (new papers and new future)
Loves Rubberstamps -  Something old (alphas), something new (paper)
Natalie & Amy - All things new - new future ahead

Not Just Cards - Anything goes
Sassy Studio Designs - Ringing in the New Year

Sister Act - Anything goes 

Sisters of Craft - Anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - New - new papers

Thank you so much for dropping by and extra special thanks to my lovely followers and visitors that leave some beautiful comments for me, they warm my heart.

XOX Lucy

My favourite cards created by me in 2014

Hi there, I know I said that was my last post an hour ago but the lovely Wendy Nicola Jackson has tempted me into choosing my fave 12 cards of last year. Wendy has some blog candy and all the details on how to win it are HERE. And here is a picture of her candy too:

Doing this I just realised I created almost 300 cards last year!! Is that some sort of record haha??? I can't believe I made so many and the dumb thing is most of them are sitting here in my study cupboard as I don't know what to do with them all if they were not made for someone specific. I find colouring and cardmaking my "peace time", my therapy, I love it and I can't imagine not doing it anymore. I obviously need a lot of therapy hehe.

So how will I choose? I am just going to take a look around my card photo album so here goes:

That was difficult, I almost snuck in a 13th card hehe!! I hope you like my choices/cards I created this year. 

It is nice to look back at what we have created isn't it as I forgot about some of these when they were made earlier in the year so I've enjoyed looking back at them all, thanks Wendy!

XOX Lucy

Oooh, Yuck card (Crafts & Me/Hannah Lynn image)

Hi crafty friends,

My last card for today is this one using an image drawn by Hannah Lynn and can be found at Crafts and Me. I really enjoy colouring Hannah Lynn's images, they are really crazy cute. I doodled some little black loops onto the papers, I'm not sure how she got the little black marks on her face as they were there before I doodled but after I coloured her. I have used some bling and a flower from my company, Flourish with a Bling, who are having a 50% off sale in Jan, see below for more details or click on the name to go direct to our store. 

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout January, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Something new - new papers

AllSorts - Cold and frosty colours 
Cute Card Thursday -  Anything goes

Little Miss Muffet - Something blue

Loves Rubberstamps - Something old (lace), something new (papers) 
Not Just Cards - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes 

Sister Act - Anything goes 
Sisters of Craft - Anything goes
Stempelsonne (Stamp Sun) -  Anything goes

Thank you so much for dropping by and extra special thanks to my lovely followers and visitors that leave some beautiful comments for me, they warm my heart.

XOX Lucy

Enjoy the Sparkle Christmas card (Faery Ink Designs image)

Hi crafty friends and Happy New Year!

It was a scorching hot day here in Victoria, Australia today so to be honest it feels a little strange creating winter cards but maybe it helps cool me down hehe. We are lucky enough to have air conditioned "everything" so as long as we stay inside or in the car we don't feel it too much. 

My card was created with a new image from Faery Ink Designs, how sweet is she with her little bunny? I couldn't wait to create a little scene with her so I used some Bo Bunny tree stickers and papers and created some snow mounds with some white glitter paper. 

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout January, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Something new - new image

AllSorts - Cold and frosty colours
Art by Miran - Anything goes
Creative Moments - Anything goes non-traditional Christmas colours

Cute Card Thursday -  Anything goes 

Faery Ink Designs - Winter Wonderland
Hanna & Friends - Christmas

Little Claire's Designs - Special cards

Loves Rubberstamps - Something old (papers), something new (image)
Not Just Cards - Anything goes
Pile it on - Anything goes Christmas/Holidays

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes

Sister Act - Anything goes 
Sisters of Craft - Anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - New - new image

Thank you so much for dropping by and extra special thanks to my lovely followers and visitors that leave some beautiful comments for me, they warm my heart.

XOX Lucy

Di's Digi's New Challenge - Winter (Snowflakes, icicles etc) (Di's Digis image)

Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and excited about 2015. 

I made this little gift voucher pouch for my sister as I was giving her a magazine subscription so didn't want to just give her the computer receipt, she liked it so that's good. It was also made for Di's Digis latest challenge which is Winter (snowflakes, icicles etc) - I made my falling snow with big dollops of my clear glue and then my fine glitter, it really glitters in real life but difficult to see that in the photo, the bg paper is also glittery. This is one of my favourite Di's Digis Christmas images, I don't often colour Santa but this one is just too cute for words. 

I have been colouring up a storm so will have quite a few cards to show you over the next week or so, I have another couple I'm adding to my blog tonight so hope you'll check them out, they're very girly hehe. 

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout January, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Something new - new lettering/alphas

Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes

Hanna & Friends - Christmas

Loves Rubberstamps -  Something old (image), something new (lettering)

Pile it on - Anything goes Christmas/Holidays

Sister Act - Anything goes

Southern Girls - Get your Christmas cheer flowing

Stempelsonne (Stamp Sun) -  Anything goes 
Top Tip Tuesday - Make your own? I have made my own gift voucher pouch

Thank you so much for dropping by and extra special thanks to my lovely followers and visitors that leave some beautiful comments for me, they warm my heart.

XOX Lucy

Happy Travels card (Saturated Canary image)

Hi everyone,

This is my fourth and final blog post for the day, no more I promise (although I have coloured up some images already that I am busting to create with hehe). On this card I have used a gorgeously girly image from Saturated Canary and some blue pearls from Flourish with a Bling. 

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout December, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Little Bit Crafty - Anything but not Christmas

Art by Miran -  Anything goes
Bunny Zoe - Buttons
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Have a nice trip

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes with patterned paper  

Creative Card Crew -  Anything goes

Digitally Sweet -  Anything goes

Little Claire's Designs - Special cards

Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes 
Not Just Cards - Anything goes
Pile it on - Anything goes Christmas/Holidays 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes 

Sister Act - Anything goes 
The Stamping Chef - Anything goes 
Winter Wonderland - Fussy and fancy

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes 

Happy New Year to you all,

XOX Lucy

A Birthday Card for my Mum (DigiStamp Boutique image)

Hi crafty friends,

My mum's Birthday happens to be on Christmas Eve but we always make sure to keep it separate from Christmas (ie. Birthday cake, wrapping her presents in Birthday wrapping etc). My mum loves dogs so every year I make her cards with dogs on it and this is one of my favourite doggie images, he's from DigiStamp Boutique and isn't he just adorable? I'm not even a dog fan to be honest, the dogs barking in the neighbourhood drives me nuts but I can't resist the sweet images cos these don't bark hehe!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Little Bit Crafty - Anything but not Christmas

Art by Miran - Anything goes 
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes with patterned paper 

Creative Fingers -  Anything goes

Digistamp Boutique - Anything goes with a DSB image

Digitally Sweet -  Anything goes
Kit & Clowder - Animals

Little Claire's Designs - Special cards (card for my Mum's Birthday)
Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes 
Not Just Cards - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes 

Sister Act - Anything Goes  
Sparkles -  Anything goes

The Stamping Chef - Anything goes   
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes   

Happy New Year to you all,

XOX Lucy

Christmas Mice (Di's Digis image)

Hi crafty friends,

I hope you all had a very happy Christmas and still enjoying the season (and the leftovers hehe).

I couldn't resist creating one more Christmas card using a gorgeous image from Di's Digis. Her Christmas images are just so unbelievably sweet, how cute is this one? I just had to colour it up hehe. I went with papers that you wouldn't necessarily think would work with the image but when I was trying to find papers to suit this one looked best to me. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything goes Christmas

As you like it - Fave Christmas image and why - I love Di's Digis images and this one is so detailed and sweet, it takes ages to colour but that's half the fun and I love how it looks in the end. 

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Party time
Come and Get it - Merry Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 2 - Anything Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes with patterned paper  
Deep Ocean -  Christmas is all around

Digitally Sweet -  Anything goes
Dream Valley - Christmas
Hanna & Friends - Christmas

Just Inspirational - Christmas
Kit & Clowder - Animals

Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes 
One Sweet Challenge - Christmas

Pile it on - Anything goes Christmas/Holidays 
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  Anything goes

Sister Act -  Anything goes
Stamp & Create - Christmas
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Happy New Year to you all,

XOX Lucy

Personalised Christmas Placecards (The Paper Shelter images)

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, we had perfect warm weather here in Oz so it was a lot of fun to play cricket outside and sit around in the sun without it being too hot (which meant we could also really enjoy our roast lunch hehe!)

We had my in-laws over for Christmas lunch so I made some placecards (16 of them!) using 2 images from The Paper Shelter. I typed all the names in red on the computer then printed them out on one sheet. I used my fancy label dies to create the personalised details and while the die was still attached to the label I lightly inked in red having it fade towards the names. I also used my clear globby glue for the snowflakes then glittered all over them, they look quite sweet in real life with all the glitter. Everyone took theirs home so I think they must have liked them.  

I am entering the following challenges:

A Random Fan -  Anything goes
Come and Get it - Merry Christmas

Crafting by Designs - Embossing (the name labels)

Hanna & Friends - Christmas

Just Inspirational - Christmas
Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything goes

Pile it on -  Anything goes Christmas/Holidays

Stempelsonne (Stamp Sun) - Anything goes (I used your sponsor's images)

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes  

Happy New Year to you!!

XOX Lucy

Christmas Money Pouch for my Dad (Bugaboo image)

Hi everyone,

Christmas day is finally here and we are just waiting on our family to get here for a big feast and catch up. I made this gift pouch for my Dad who is already using his present as he bought it and was going to give it to me but never did haha! So now I'm putting $50 in this instead of just giving him $50, looks like I went to a bit more effort.

The gorgeous image is from Bugaboo.

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout December, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Random Fan - Anything goes

Bearly Mine - Christmas Decoration, no cards (money pouch)
Catch the Bug - Bingo - Bugaboo image, Glitter, Player's Choice (animals)
Come and Get it - Merry Christmas

Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes with a twist: Christmas

Crafty Cardmakers - Christmas 

Just Inspirational (monthly) - One for the boys

Just Inspirational - Christmas
Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes (Bugaboo image)

Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes
The East Wind - Christmas

Merry Christmas to you all,

XOX Lucy